Phi-Fic Chapter 1460 begins to explain the course of the crime.
Chapter 1460 begins to explain the course of the crime.
“In the past two years, I’ve made countless trips to collect this payment, spending a lot of time and energy, which has affected my business,” Liu Jun said, crying. “Two weeks ago, I went to Zhang Tao again to collect the payment, but he still refused to pay, saying, ‘Go ahead and sue me if you dare, I don’t have any money anyway.’ I got furious then, thinking that since he won’t give me a way out, I won’t let him have an easy time either.” From then on, Liu Jun had the idea of killing Zhang Tao. He began to secretly observe Zhang Tao’s daily routine and found that Zhang Tao would close his stall around 8 pm every night and then go home through the alley behind the vegetable market. This alley was relatively secluded and there were few people at night, making it an ideal place to strike.
To commit the crime, Liu Jun made meticulous preparations. Three months prior, he stole a white van from a neighboring city. He then illegally produced a fake license plate, using the same number as Zhou Qiang, a man of similar build with a criminal record, to mislead the police after the crime. He also prepared a kitchen knife and several black plastic bags, hiding them in his wholesale warehouse, planning to dismember Zhang Tao's body in the warehouse after murdering him and then dispose of the remains in the van.
At 8:30 PM on October 25th, Liu Jun drove a white van with a fake license plate and lay in ambush at the alleyway behind the Heping Road vegetable market. Around 9 PM, Zhang Tao, having finished his business, indeed headed home through this alley. When Zhang Tao reached the middle of the alley, Liu Jun suddenly jumped out of the van and blocked his path. "Zhang Tao, you have to pay me back the money you owe me today, or you're not leaving!" Liu Jun said menacingly.
Upon seeing Liu Jun, Zhang Tao's expression changed, and he turned to run. Liu Jun immediately gave chase, and the two engaged in a fierce argument and scuffle in the alley. "I was furious. I thought he owed me money and dared to run away, so I picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it against his head," Liu Jun confessed. "I just wanted to teach him a lesson and make him pay back the money, but I didn't expect him to collapse on the ground, bleeding heavily from his head. I was terrified and checked his breathing, only to find he was already dead."
After killing Zhang Tao, Liu Jun was terrified, but he quickly calmed down. He knew that if the police found out, he would definitely be sentenced to death, so he decided to dismember the body and destroy the evidence. He dragged Zhang Tao's body into a white van and drove back to his wholesale warehouse. In the warehouse, he used a kitchen knife he had prepared beforehand to dismember Zhang Tao's body. During the process, small amounts of blood and human tissue were found on his black coat.
After dismembering the body, Liu Jun put the body parts into black plastic bags, then drove his white van along Heping Road, scattering the pieces into various trash cans. To avoid being discovered, he deliberately chose the time between 11 PM and 2 AM, as there were few pedestrians and vehicles on the road at that time. After disposing of the body, he drove the van back to the wholesale store, hid the kitchen knife and his blood-stained jacket in the warehouse's trash can, then went home to change his clothes, hiding his dirty and blood-stained sneakers in the closet.
“I thought I had covered my tracks perfectly, that the police would never find me,” Liu Jun said remorsefully. “I never expected you would trace it back to me, and I never expected you would find the bloodstains and the kitchen knife in the warehouse. I was wrong, I shouldn’t have killed Zhang Tao, I’m so sorry to his family…”
Liu Jun's confession of the crime perfectly matched the scene investigation, autopsy results, and witness testimonies. To further verify the details, Xiao Zhou asked several key questions: "Where did you buy the kitchen knife you used to dismember the body? How was the white van stolen? How was the fake license plate made?"
Liu Jun confessed to everything: "I bought the kitchen knife at a hardware store near Heping Road, and I've been using it for several years. I stole the white van three months ago from a residential area in a neighboring city. The owner didn't lock the doors, so I just drove off. I got the license plate from a small advertisement on the roadside. I paid someone 500 yuan to do it. I knew Zhou Qiang had a criminal record and was about my size, so I deliberately used his license plate number to make the police think it was him."
Based on Liu Jun's confession, the investigation team immediately went to a neighboring city to verify the vehicle theft case, located the owner of the stolen vehicle, and confirmed the veracity of Liu Jun's confession. Simultaneously, the team also located the hardware store that sold the kitchen knife; the shop owner confirmed that he had indeed sold Liu Jun the same model of knife two years prior. Furthermore, the team apprehended a suspect involved in making counterfeit license plates, further corroborating Liu Jun's confession.
At 11:00 AM, the interrogation concluded. Liu Jun confessed to the crime of intentionally murdering Zhang Tao, dismembering and disposing of his body, and signed and fingerprinted the confession. When Xiao Zhou reported the interrogation results to Li Ming, Li Ming's tense nerves finally relaxed. He let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Good! The case is finally solved! Thank you all for your hard work!"
When the news reached all departments of the Criminal Investigation Division, all the team members involved in the case cheered with joy. All the fatigue and pressure from the continuous high-intensity work vanished in that moment. They knew that solving this heinous dismemberment case not only brought justice to the deceased Zhang Tao but also maintained social order.
Subsequently, Li Ming arranged for his team to transfer Liu Jun to a detention center. At the same time, he completed the compilation of relevant case materials and transferred them to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Regarding Zhou Qiang, who was wrongly listed as a suspect during the investigation, Li Ming personally visited him to apologize and offered appropriate compensation. Zhou Qiang expressed his understanding of the police's work.
On November 2nd, the Municipal Public Security Bureau held a press conference to announce the progress of the investigation into the dismemberment case on Heping Road. When people learned that the murderer, Liu Jun, had been apprehended and the case successfully solved, they praised the police for their efficient work. Merchants at the Heping Road market breathed a sigh of relief; the panic caused by the case had completely dissipated, and the market returned to its usual bustling state.
After the case was solved, Xiao Zhou, Xiao Wang, Xiao Yang, Xiao Sun, Zhang Lin, and other team members who participated in the investigation were all commended by their superiors. However, they did not become complacent; instead, they quickly threw themselves into their new work. For them, solving every case was a fulfillment of their responsibility; bringing the perpetrator to justice was a safeguard of justice. They deeply understood that as long as illegal and criminal activities existed, their work would not stop, and they would always remain steadfast in their posts, using their sweat and effort to protect the peace and harmony of this city.